Plugable interposer and printed circuit card carrier

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EP 0 317 464 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	03.01.1990 Bulletin 1990/01

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	24.05.1989 Bulletin 1989/21

(21)	Application number: 88480024.4

(22)	Date of filing: 13.09.1988

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁴: H05K 7/14, H05K 9/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	BE CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL SE

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Priority:

17.11.1987 US 121482

(71)	Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
	Armonk, N.Y. 10504 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Behrens, Linda Marie Byron Minnesota 55920 (US) Corfits, William Dale Rochester Minnesota 55901 (US) Blohm, Neil Albert Rochester MN 55902 55901 (US) Rasmussen, Jerry Richard Rochester Minnesota 55904 (US) Cimijotti, Raymond Leonard Chatfield MN 55923 (US)

(74)	Representative: Vekemans, André (BE)
	Compagnie IBM France Départ. Propriété Intellectuelle B.P. 13 F-06610 La Gaude F-06610 La Gaude (FR)

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(54)	Plugable interposer and printed circuit card carrier

(57) A plugable interposer assembly (400) for enclosing printed circuit cards used in electronic devices and accommodating the connection of cables and additional printed circuit card enclosures (420, 430, 440). The enclosure is completely shielded and is particularly adapted to use in circumstances where unskilled persons either plug or unplug the assembly into a backplane assembly.

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